I watch the small girl as she climbs up the man’s back – and I marvel at her agility. She looks to be about five or six years old. The man stands still, leaning in to the rest of the group as she climbs. The child moves quickly, her knees splayed sideways, frog-like. Everyone in the square […]
Instagram on the Costa Brava
My teen’s mobile phone is like a part of her being. It rarely leaves her side and she understands it intuitively. So when we were invited to take part in an Instagram day on Spain’s Costa Brava she was very pleased. I didn’t actually know what Instagram was at the time (it’s a way of […]
Dalí and the Costa Brava
Salvador Dalí, one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century, spent most of his life on the Costa Brava. I visited the area recently with my eldest on a parent blogger trip, and soon after we arrived we found ourselves sitting at Dalí’s favourite table at Restaurant Duran in Figueres. The table is in an […]
Things to do in Malaga with kids
We loved our day in Malaga this summer. The eldest was not keen on our parking spot, by the bullring, but we distracted her from what happened in the bullring and walked through the old part of town to the Picasso museum. The artist was born in the city, although he never returned after the […]
Things to do in Gibraltar with kids
The main street of the British overseas territory of Gibraltar reminded us of Bromley, we decided. But much hotter. Arriving in Gibraltar On a family holiday to Andalucia we were so close to the southern tip of the Iberian peninsula that it seemed rude not to visit. No buses cross the border from Spain, and parking […]
Day trip to Morocco with kids
While on a family holiday in southern Spain we took a day trip to Morocco. The coast of Africa is clearly visible from the tip of Spain, so we couldn’t miss the opportunity of popping over there. It was an organised tour, and so quite limited as to what we saw, but as none of us had […]
